The ACMA may obtain information and documents from carriers and service providers
521 The ACMA may obtain information and documents from carriers and service providers
This section applies to a carrier or a service provider if the ACMA has reason to believe that the carrier or provider:
has information or a document that is relevant to:
the performance of any of the ACMA’s telecommunications functions; or
the exercise of any of the ACMA’s telecommunications powers; or
is capable of giving evidence which the ACMA has reason to believe is relevant to:
the performance of any of the ACMA’s telecommunications functions; or
the exercise of any of the ACMA’s telecommunications powers.
The ACMA may, by written notice given to the carrier or provider, require the carrier or provider:
to give to the ACMA, within the period and in the manner and form specified in the notice, any such information; or
to produce to the ACMA, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, any such documents; or
to make copies of any such documents and to produce to the ACMA, within the period and in the manner specified in the notice, those copies; or
if the carrier or provider is an individual—to appear before the ACMA at a time and place specified in the notice to give any such evidence, either orally or in writing, and produce any such documents; or
if the carrier or provider is a body corporate or a public body—to cause a competent officer of the body to appear
before the ACMA at a time and place specified in the notice to give any such evidence, either orally or in writing, and produce any such documents; or
if the carrier or provider is a partnership—to cause an individual who is:
a partner in the partnership; or
an employee of the partnership;
to appear before the ACMA at a time and place specified in the notice to give any such evidence, either orally or in writing, and produce any such documents.
A carrier or service provider must comply with a requirement under subsection (2).
A notice given to a carrier under this section must set out the effect of the following provisions:
subsection (3);
section 68;
section 570;
Part 1 of Schedule 1;
section 525.
A notice given to a service provider under this section must set out the effect of the following provisions:
subsection (3);
section 101;
section 570;
Part 1 of Schedule 2;
section 525.
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